This event will see Tomila Lankina discuss her new book on the long shadow of inequalities in Russia.

The Estate Origins of Democracy in Russia: From Imperial Bourgeoisie to Post-Communist Middle-Class, challenges the notion that the Soviet Union destroyed the social structure of the past and built a new, Soviet, society, with a new party and nomentklatura elite.

Meet our speaker and chair

Tomila Lankina is Professor of International Relations in LSE’s Department of International Relations whose research focuses on comparative democracy and authoritarianism, mass protests and historical patterns of human capital and democratic reproduction in Russia and other states.

Vladislav Zubok is Professor in the Department of International History, LSE with expertise on the Cold War, the Soviet Union, Stalinism, and Russia’s intellectual history in the 20th century.

More about this event

We are now in our 94th year - one of the oldest as well as largest IR (@LSEIRDept) departments in the world, with a truly international reputation. We are ranked 2nd in the UK in the QS World University Ranking by Subject 2021 tables for Politics and International Studies.

LSE's Department of International History (@lsehistory) teaches and conducts research on the international history of Britain, Europe and the world from the early modern era up to the present day.

The International Inequalities Institute (@LSEInequalities) at LSE brings together experts from many of the School's departments and centres to lead cutting-edge research focused on understanding why inequalities are escalating in numerous arenas across the world, and to develop critical tools to address these challenges.

You can order the book, The Estate Origins of Democracy in Russia: from imperial bourgeoisie to post-communist middle-class (UK delivery only), from our official LSE Events independent book shop, Pages of Hackney.

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